毋

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/毋

Glyph origin
In the oracle bone script, was borrowed to represent this character. It was later specialized to distinguish it from “mother”, replacing the two dots with one stroke.

Etymology
Cognate with. Already in Zhou time, phonetically confused with and read like.

Cognate with in 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  do not, don't
 * 2)  not
 * 1)  not

Kanji

 * 1) do not, must not, be not
 * 2) "mother" radical

Usage notes
Not used in Japanese shinjitai in isolation – instead the unsimplified is used – but simplified form is used universally in compound jōyō characters, such as,.

However, not used in hyōgaiji, which are written in kyūjitai, such as.

Hanja

 * 1) do not
 * 2) not
 * 3) surname
 * 4) rad. 80